The purpose of this page is to write a brief story about how your family commemorates ANZAC day and why ANZAC day is significant to you.
Instructions:
1. Rename the page and save it as My ANZAC Story - your name.
2. Think about how your family has commemorated ANZAC day and your families ANZAC History. Did any of your relative serve in the previous conflicts or wars? Plan out your ANZAC Story. Consider the 6 core questions - What, When, Who, Where, Why and How as starting points for your story.
What do you do to commemorate ANZAC day?
Who of your relatives were involved, where and when?
Why is it important to you and your family?
3. Please add images if you would like to, but check with your parents and teachers first.
On ANZAC day my family and I usually wake up early and go to a dawn service in the town of Lameroo. This year I celebrated ANZAC day with the boarding house, by travelling down to the Norwood dawn service.
ANZAC day is significant to me because it marks the time many Australian men and women fought for our country. Many died and many returned scared from their experience. It also reflects on the courage and spirt that was shown at war.
John Victor Young
John Victor Young was born in Homebush, New South Wales, Australia. He later moved to Boolarra a small county town in Victoria and became a farmer. John enlisted into the army on the 14th of January 1915 when he was twenty seven years and nine months old. He was not married and did not have any children. John was a small man only measuring a height of five foot four. He became part of the 21st battalion made up of men gathered from all over Victoria. In June, the 21st battalion arrived in Egypt as a second Australian division. They proceeded to Gallipoli in late August, subsequently their transport was soon torpedoed near the island of Lemnos and had to be abandoned. The battalion eventually landed in ANZAC Cove of the 7th of September. By this time the last allied offensives had been defeated so they had a somewhat quite time in Gallipoli.The 21st Battalion arrived in France in March 1916, as the first Australian battalion to begin operations on the Western Front. During this time he was admitted to hospital due to gun shot wounds to his left thigh. On the 5th of October the battalion fought its last battle in Montbrehain. The next day it became the last Australian battalion to withdraw from operations on the Western Front. The 21st battalion was separated on the 13th of October 1918. John's death is unknown.
This document shows when John was wounded and where he travelled during his time in the 21st battalion.
Walter Douglas Urwin Adamson
Walter Adamson commonly known as Doug was my Great Grandpa. He was born on the 4th of May 1920, in Hartlepool, Scotland. His parents were Ada and Harold Adamson. When he was four years old his mother died of pneumonia. His father remarried only six months after his mother died and his step mother was a horrible woman, who did not want him. For that reason he then went to lived with Polly and Harold Adamson, his Grandparents. As he was growing up he got along really well with his grandmother. Doug did not enjoy school and his teachers thought he was useful to move the piano. At the age of fifteen he left school to help his grandparents on the farm. Four years later when he was nineteen years old, his grandparents died. He then decided to join the merchant navy where he soon found him self in the British secret service for five years from 1939 to 1944. In 1945, the year World War two ended his wife gave birth to my Poppa Geoff. They had another child in 1948 called Doug. After World War Two he drove a chocolate delivery truck. My Great Grandfather died Januray 2001 when I was one year old.
My Anzac Reflection
By being involved with this assignment I have learnt that there are many ways people celebrate Anzac Day. The most common ways to celebrate are; going to dawn services, celebrating with family, marching in parades and cooking Anzac biscuits. I have learnt the basics of WW1 and that is started due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. On the 25th of April 1915 the Anzacs travelled to Gallipoli to capture Constantinople, an ally of Germany. The campaign lasted eight months. At the end the forces were evacuated and more than 8,000 Australians had be killed. Being involved in this assignment has not changed how I think about Anzac Day. I believe Anzac Day is important because it celebrates the time Australian and New Zealand forces united. The Anzac legend is an important part that has shaped our past and our future. On Anzac Day we remember the sacrifice of those who die or have died during any military operation. I do believe some aspects of the Anzac legend have been taken over the top such as, when a game of football is compared to the Gallipoli battle. I do find it disrespectful to compare the war to other less significant things, as they are not similar.
My ANZAC Story - Emma Y
Purpose:
The purpose of this page is to write a brief story about how your family commemorates ANZAC day and why ANZAC day is significant to you.Instructions:
1. Rename the page and save it as My ANZAC Story - your name.2. Think about how your family has commemorated ANZAC day and your families ANZAC History. Did any of your relative serve in the previous conflicts or wars? Plan out your ANZAC Story. Consider the 6 core questions - What, When, Who, Where, Why and How as starting points for your story.
- What do you do to commemorate ANZAC day?
- Who of your relatives were involved, where and when?
- Why is it important to you and your family?
3. Please add images if you would like to, but check with your parents and teachers first.Table of Contents
My ANZAC Story
On ANZAC day my family and I usually wake up early and go to a dawn service in the town of Lameroo. This year I celebrated ANZAC day with the boarding house, by travelling down to the Norwood dawn service.
ANZAC day is significant to me because it marks the time many Australian men and women fought for our country. Many died and many returned scared from their experience. It also reflects on the courage and spirt that was shown at war.
John Victor Young
John Victor Young was born in Homebush, New South Wales, Australia. He later moved to Boolarra a small county town in Victoria and became a farmer. John enlisted into the army on the 14th of January 1915 when he was twenty seven years and nine months old. He was not married and did not have any children. John was a small man only measuring a height of five foot four. He became part of the 21st battalion made up of men gathered from all over Victoria. In June, the 21st battalion arrived in Egypt as a second Australian division. They proceeded to Gallipoli in late August, subsequently their transport was soon torpedoed near the island of Lemnos and had to be abandoned. The battalion eventually landed in ANZAC Cove of the 7th of September. By this time the last allied offensives had been defeated so they had a somewhat quite time in Gallipoli.The 21st Battalion arrived in France in March 1916, as the first Australian battalion to begin operations on the Western Front. During this time he was admitted to hospital due to gun shot wounds to his left thigh. On the 5th of October the battalion fought its last battle in Montbrehain. The next day it became the last Australian battalion to withdraw from operations on the Western Front. The 21st battalion was separated on the 13th of October 1918. John's death is unknown.
This document shows when John was wounded and where he travelled during his time in the 21st battalion.
Walter Douglas Urwin Adamson
Walter Adamson commonly known as Doug was my Great Grandpa. He was born on the 4th of May 1920, in Hartlepool, Scotland. His parents were Ada and Harold Adamson. When he was four years old his mother died of pneumonia. His father remarried only six months after his mother died and his step mother was a horrible woman, who did not want him. For that reason he then went to lived with Polly and Harold Adamson, his Grandparents. As he was growing up he got along really well with his grandmother. Doug did not enjoy school and his teachers thought he was useful to move the piano. At the age of fifteen he left school to help his grandparents on the farm. Four years later when he was nineteen years old, his grandparents died. He then decided to join the merchant navy where he soon found him self in the British secret service for five years from 1939 to 1944. In 1945, the year World War two ended his wife gave birth to my Poppa Geoff. They had another child in 1948 called Doug. After World War Two he drove a chocolate delivery truck. My Great Grandfather died Januray 2001 when I was one year old.
My Anzac Reflection
By being involved with this assignment I have learnt that there are many ways people celebrate Anzac Day. The most common ways to celebrate are; going to dawn services, celebrating with family, marching in parades and cooking Anzac biscuits. I have learnt the basics of WW1 and that is started due to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. On the 25th of April 1915 the Anzacs travelled to Gallipoli to capture Constantinople, an ally of Germany. The campaign lasted eight months. At the end the forces were evacuated and more than 8,000 Australians had be killed. Being involved in this assignment has not changed how I think about Anzac Day. I believe Anzac Day is important because it celebrates the time Australian and New Zealand forces united. The Anzac legend is an important part that has shaped our past and our future. On Anzac Day we remember the sacrifice of those who die or have died during any military operation. I do believe some aspects of the Anzac legend have been taken over the top such as, when a game of football is compared to the Gallipoli battle. I do find it disrespectful to compare the war to other less significant things, as they are not similar.
References
ANZAC Image -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coloured_illustration_of_Anzac_troops_after_the_fighting_at_Gallipoli_during_World_War_I_%281%29.jpg
Adamson, S 2015, pers. comm., 20 April.
National Archives of Australia 2015, Australian Government, accessed 21 April 2015,<http://www.naa.gov.au/>.
100 Years Honouring ANZACS 2013, Commonwealth Australia (National Archives of Australia), accessed 21 April 2015, <http://honouringanzacs.net.au/view-anzacsearched.php?aid=18145&anzactype=5&search_text=Boolarra,%20VIC,%20Australia>.
Young, M 2015, pers. comm., 20 April.